The Gift of Giving #291
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
“When you give your gift away, it’s a blessing to other people.” – Brian Buffini
If you have a deep understanding of who you are, what you are and what your gifts are, you can really help other people and improve your own life too. In this episode, a live recording from Buffini & Company Peak Experience, Brian shares how to understand, cultivate and polish your gifts so that you can help your clients, your team, your business, your community and yourself.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- Why your gifts are for giving.
- How to give your gifts in the right way.
- What your greatest gifts are.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Episode 267, The Power of WHO – an Interview with Bob Beaudine
“Acres of Diamonds,” by Russell Conwell
Episode 183, Finding Chika – an Interview with Mitch Albom
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“For it is in giving that we receive.” – St. Francis of Assisi
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
“Your gift is special, precious, magnificent. It’s designed to be given and to be a blessing to others.” – Brian Buffini
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
“I found that, among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou
“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” – Fred Rogers
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Biffini Show, where we explore the mindset, motivation and methodologies of success. |
| 0:20.0 | Today you'll hear Brian Biffini teach on the gift of giving from a recent event. |
| 0:25.0 | Sit back and enjoy. |
| 0:32.0 | And now we're going to talk about this big application of the gift, which is the gift of giving. |
| 0:45.0 | And giving by Mr. Webster says this. |
| 0:48.0 | It's providing love or emotional support. That's one. Love or emotional support. So that's one aspect of giving. |
| 0:56.0 | And then another aspect of giving is caring for someone's needs. That's why you give great service. |
| 1:02.0 | It's caring for someone's needs. |
| 1:04.0 | In our family, you get your confirmation. And of the five brothers, four of us have the name Francis. |
| 1:12.0 | You got a confirmation name. And my mother is a big fan of Saint Francis of Assisi. |
| 1:19.0 | And here's one of her quotes that she made it into the seminar. And it's for in the giving that we receive. |
| 1:27.0 | And I always remember growing up with that because we didn't have a lot. But my mother was always given. |
| 1:34.0 | She was always like she used to say, I do the loaes and fishes three times a day to feed you, shower. But then she'd feed the neighbors. |
| 1:43.0 | And she was always given. And it was always, always this day. It was a great example to see. |
| 1:48.0 | And it's that type of dynamic. And Frank, she said no one has ever become poor by giving. |
| 1:53.0 | And again, I'm going to take it. We're going to take it all the way to the altruistic. But I'm going to drive it all the way back into the most personal aspect it can possibly be here. |
| 2:03.0 | Yesterday we talked about gifts. Here is the first major point I want to say. Your gifts are for giving. |
| 2:11.0 | Who buys a gift and keeps it from themselves? Now, you treat yourself. Some of you are professional shoppers. |
| 2:21.0 | And you go Christmas shopping or Bertie shopping and you see something. You know, I shouldn't, but I'm going to. |
| 2:27.0 | And I'm treating myself, right? That's fine. But whoever bought a gift for somebody and then never gave it to somebody or buys gifts all the time and never gives them to people. |
| 2:40.0 | It'd be a very strange situation. Would you guys agree? What's the best part of a gift? |
| 2:47.0 | Is it? Keep going. |
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